Recruiting Blog

Onboarding remote new hires: On-demand webinar

Onboarding should be a part of every new employee’s journey. For one thing, it increases engagement levels and decreases turnover rates (did you know, up to 20% of employee turnover happens in the first 45 days?). Obviously in-person onboarding is ideal, but when that’s not possible, how can you provide your new employees with a […]

Fast-track your online recruitment strategy: on-demand webinar

Chances are, you’ve been updating and improving your online recruitment strategy for years, but for most of us, the events of 2020 have pushed us all to fast-track those efforts. With fifty percent or more people who access websites doing it from hand-held devices, mobile optimization has become more important than ever. It’s crucial that […]

Hiring nurses quickly: On-demand webinar

Even before COVID-19, there were shortages in healthcare staffing, particularly nursing, but when the pandemic hit, those shortages became acute. Every hospital and healthcare organization across the country was potentially short-handed and had to figure out how to hire nurses quickly. They not only needed nurses, but other healthcare professionals – like respiratory therapists – […]

Temporary work visa suspensions: what employers need to know

In the latest government response to COVID-19, an executive order went into effect on June 22, extending the existing green card ban and issuing temporary work visa suspensions through the end 2020. The order applies to H-1B visas, H-2B visas, L-1 visas, and certain J-1 visas. This work visa suspension doesn’t impact every industry, but […]

How COVID-19 is impacting summer hiring

As the country dives into a summer overshadowed by COVID-19, the virus is affecting some industries more than others. Some firms that traditionally hire summer help are having a hard time making it work, while others have been inundated by job seekers. Some companies are facing challenges due to restrictions on what businesses can operate […]

May 2020 jobs report: an unexpected rebound

Surprising many job market predictions (including Wall Street estimates that hovered around 8 million losses), the labor market unexpectedly gained 2.5 million jobs in May, while the unemployment rate decreased to 13.3%. Employers brought some workers back, causing payrolls to rise and unemployment to fall, according to the latest release of the U.S. Bureau of Labor […]

April 2020 jobs report: post-COVID-19 unemployment soars

There has been no shortage of terrible records broken by the coronavirus pandemic, and the latest release of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) monthly jobs report was no different. According to the BLS report, a record high of 20.5 million jobs were eliminated in April, while the unemployment rate increased to 14.7%— the […]

Coronavirus job search and hiring trends

To help make sense of how the rapidly changing world is impacting the way we work, we’ve been looking at coronavirus hiring trends by conducting weekly polls, gathering proprietary Monster data, and asking our community of candidates and employers how they’re responding to the shifts around work and coronavirus. Here’s a look at the most […]

The March 2020 jobs report: What employers need to know

After a strong start to the year, there was a significant downturn in the economy in last month as the coronavirus pandemic gained traction across the United States, according to the March 2020 jobs report. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly jobs report only reports data through the middle of the month, but says 701,000 […]

Monster coronavirus poll results

Monster asked our users to share how they’re responding to the coronavirus crisis, from how they’re implementing work-from-home policies to how the pandemic is increasing their anxiety levels and productivity at work. We starting polling on March 12th, as impacts started to be felt at the workplace, and have continued to survey our audience to […]